Spent most of the weekend working on a Tiger Tank and a Corsair, so very little work got done on the Enterprise. But I did work on the nacelles and the support beams. In all the reviews that I read this one of the biggest issues with the kit.
The support beam is made up of two parts, a top and bottom piece. The instructions have you put the top and bottom pieces together and then put into a slot inside the nacelle. I played with it and played with it but could not get it to work right. I could not get the nacelle to sit correctly – it always ended up turned slightly. All my references indicated the nacelles are straight.
So I continued to play with different methods and just like a puzzle the solution came to me later. First I took the top support beam and placed it inside the nacelle by itself. This work perfectly and the nacelle sits perfectly straight. So I glued the top beam into place.
The bottom support will now not work as designed. I had to trim off the tab and sand to fit to the nacelle. This took awhile because I wanted the closest fit as possible and would only remove alittle at a time.
With both nacelles glued into place as described, it is a strong bond and there is very little that I will break them off (but then again if there is a way I will do it).
Now back to my Dragon Tiger Tank where are all the parts fit (I might do a WIP on it also – haven’t made up my mind).
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